Moosejaw Partners with Edifice to Improve Supplier Collaboration on Sales and Inventory Data
Provides suppliers with greater visibility into their business performance at Moosejaw
RIVERDALE, NJ - January 27, 2010 – Edifice Information Management, an information services company specializing in improving the ability of retailers and suppliers to collaborate on point-of-sale (POS) and supply chain data, today announced that it has partnered with Moosejaw to provide suppliers with greater visibility into consumer demand for all their products at Moosejaw stores and on the Moosejaw web site. Effective immediately, suppliers to Moosejaw will be receiving Web-based dashboards, decision-ready Excel reports or data extracts directly from Edifice.
Moosejaw has partnered with Edifice to better collaborate with its suppliers and to improve mutual business results. Through this comprehensive and cost-effective reporting program, Moosejaw and its suppliers will receive better POS information faster and more efficiently. This will enable participants to uncover more opportunities for increasing sales at both the store and the UPC levels, implement more successful promotional plans, enhance margins, and minimize out-of-stocks.
Edifice helps retailers and suppliers collaborate using a single source of consumer demand and supply chain data. The company’s services enable retailers to distribute a robust set of metrics and attributes to suppliers through a web portal, where they can access the information in a variety of formats. Having faster access to a richer and more customizable set of POS data — including SKU and store-level information — allows suppliers to gain greater visibility into consumer demand for their own products.
“The Edifice service is much more straightforward than our previous reporting platform, and it does a much better job of giving our suppliers the actionable information they need to help our buying team make better decisions,” said Jason Bobel, director of merchandise planning at Moosejaw. “Plus, Edifice has the ability to take the ball and run with it. They handle the whole process from beginning to end, and their expertise allows us to focus on improving business results rather than on getting data in a usable format to our suppliers.”
“We are honored to have Moosejaw as a retailer partner,” said Stephen Cornwell, vice president of marketing and product development, Edifice Information Management. “By off-loading the POS reporting process to Edifice, Moosejaw will be able to cut reporting costs while providing suppliers with the information they need to make better, fact-based recommendations for boosting sales, improving margin and increasing turn.”
Moosejaw encourages all suppliers to participate in this program. Setup is fast and simple and takes less than two weeks to complete. To learn more about the Moosejaw program, visit www.edificeinfo.com/moosejaw.html or contact Edifice Information Management at +1 973-616-2929.
About Moosejaw
Moosejaw is a leading multichannel retailer of premium-quality outdoor adventure apparel and gear. Moosejaw currently serves its customers through seven retail stores in Michigan and Illinois, through Moosejaw.com, and through mail-order catalogs. Moosejaw offers products under its own Moosejaw brand, as well as those of leading outdoor manufacturers including The North Face, Arc’teryx, Patagonia, Mountain Hardwear and Black Diamond. Visit http://www.moosejaw.com/ for more information.
About Edifice Information Management
Edifice is an information services company specializing in improving the ability of retailers and suppliers to collaborate on point-of-sale and supply chain data. Through our data sharing, reporting and analysis, and support services, we enable retailers and suppliers to work from a common data set to identify opportunities for increasing sales, optimizing inventory and reducing costs. Our service is free for retailers and affordable for all suppliers — small and large — and our fully hosted model means that our customers don’t have to invest in additional hardware, software or systems.